Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Material Mavens in Houston IQF--2014

Our numbers were down this year from last! Last year I believe we had 11 Material Mavens present in Houston; this year the four above were there for our mini reunion dinner and "show and tell" on Thursday, which happened to have been an "important" birthday for Sara! Judy Steward came on Saturday, but that was after the rest of us had gone. So above you can see Alice, Carolyn, Sara, and Rita, holding our MM banner!

Carolyn and Rita proved to be the organized ones, while Alice and Sara were either disorganized or forgetful or whatever! Both of us forgot to bring any of our MM quilts to show. But thanks to Rita and Carolyn, we had fun seeing some of our little quilts in person. I took pictures of each one showing each quilt she brought. The "extra" women in the photos were some nice quilters from Oklahoma, who had also discovered our little sitting area outside Carolyn's and my room, and also Rita's friend, Sue:

Carolyn and her Contrast Quilt

Rita and her Contrast

Carolyn and her Spring

Rita and her Friendship

Carolyn and her Strong

Rita and her Spring

Carolyn and her Translate

Carolyn, Rita, Judy, and I were also thrilled that our group quilt "Whimseyville" (which many of you saw in person last year) was accepted in Houston. Though we won no awards, simply getting in the show was excitement enough! Judy Steward's Quilt "Bubbles" was also accepted in the "painted quilt" category.

Whimseyville by Rita, Alice, Carolyn, and Judy (we collaborated on the first panel; then the other
four are in the order of our names)

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The Material Mavens

We are a group of art quilters who come from various parts of the United States, from the East coast and then south to Arkansas and Texas. We were inspired by the original Twelve by Twelve international art quilting group.

Beginning in September, 2011, we started posting our 12"x 12" art quilts, which were based on themes chosen in turn by our members. For Round One, we posted quilts every two months, always on the 15th of the designated months.

Round Two of The Material Mavens began in October, 2014. Some changes were made: quilts were posted every three months, and the quilts could be be either 12"x 12" or rectangular ones measuring 11" x 14", either horizontal or vertical in orientation.

Round Three of The Material Mavens will begin in July, 2018. Again, changes have been made. Now those members who wish to stay affiliated with the group are free to post quilts every time or every now and then. Two, our blog administrator collected suggested themes from the members who wanted to remain affiliated. These themes were then pulled at random from a "hat," and they were then assigned in order for the posting dates. Since we had 13 members who wanted to remain, we will be posting quilts every 3 months until 2021! This date is significant and appropriate, because 2021 will be the 10th year that our group has been in existence.